महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-61, verse-33

अथ वारण्यनृपते नलं यदि न शंससि ।
मामदस्व मृगश्रेष्ठ विशोकां कुरु दुःखिताम् ॥३३॥

33. atha vāraṇyanṛpate nalaṁ yadi na śaṁsasi ,
māmadasva mṛgaśreṣṭha viśokāṁ kuru duḥkhitām.

33. atha vāraṇyanṛpate nalam yadi na śaṃsasi mām
adasva mṛgaśreṣṭha viśokām kuru duḥkhitām

33. Then, O king of the forest, if you do not tell me about Nala, then eat me, O best of animals, and free me, who is suffering, from sorrow.

33. ואם אתה, הו מלך חיות היער, אינך מגלה לי על נַלַה, הו מיטב החיות, אז אכל אותי ושחרר את האומללה מצערה.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then (then, now, therefore, thereupon)

• वारण्यनृपते (vāraṇyanṛpate) - O king of the forest (referring to a predator like a tiger or lion) (O king of the forest, O ruler of the forest)

• नलम् (nalam) - Nala (a king in Hindu mythology)

• यदि (yadi) - if, in case that

• न (na) - not, no

• शंससि (śaṁsasi) - you tell (me about Nala) (you tell, you praise, you relate)

• माम् (mām) - me

• अदस्व (adasva) - eat (me) (eat)

• मृगश्रेष्ठ (mṛgaśreṣṭha) - O best of animals (referring to a predator like a tiger or lion) (O best of animals, O best of deer)

• विशोकाम् (viśokām) - free from sorrow, without grief

• कुरु (kuru) - make (me free from sorrow) (do, make)

• दुःखिताम् (duḥkhitām) - me, who is suffering (distressed, afflicted, suffering)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then (then, now, therefore, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

वारण्यनृपते (vāraṇyanṛpate) - O king of the forest (referring to a predator like a tiger or lion) (O king of the forest, O ruler of the forest)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vāraṇyanṛpati

vāraṇyanṛpati - king of the forest, ruler of the jungle

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāraṇya+nṛpati)

• vāraṇya – forest, jungle
  noun (neuter)
• nṛpati – king, monarch
  noun (masculine)

नलम् (nalam) - Nala (a king in Hindu mythology)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nala

nala - Nala (name of a king, husband of Damayantī)

यदि (yadi) - if, in case that

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

शंससि (śaṁsasi) - you tell (me about Nala) (you tell, you praise, you relate)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (lat) of śaṃs

Root: śaṃs (class 1)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I, ego

अदस्व (adasva) - eat (me) (eat)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (lot) of ad

Root: ad (class 2)

मृगश्रेष्ठ (mṛgaśreṣṭha) - O best of animals (referring to a predator like a tiger or lion) (O best of animals, O best of deer)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mṛgaśreṣṭha

mṛgaśreṣṭha - best of animals, best of deer

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛga+śreṣṭha)

• mṛga – animal, deer, game
  noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, most excellent, chief
  adjective (masculine)

विशोकाम् (viśokām) - free from sorrow, without grief

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of viśoka

viśoka - free from sorrow, without grief, fearless

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vi+śoka)

• vi – without, separation, negation
  indeclinable
• śoka – sorrow, grief, lamentation
  noun (masculine)

कुरु (kuru) - make (me free from sorrow) (do, make)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

दुःखिताम् (duḥkhitām) - me, who is suffering (distressed, afflicted, suffering)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of duḥkhita

duḥkhita - distressed, unhappy, suffering, afflicted

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √duḥkh (to suffer) with suffix -ita.

Root: duḥkh

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